Phoenix Smart Charger 12/50 CVL/CCL control via VE.Direct

Q&A and troubleshooting
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Hi,

I have the following setup:

Setup works so far. CVL/CCL/DCL settings are reaching the cerbo and the MPPT get’s those settings as well.
What’s not working is to control the Phoenix smart charger. CVL/CCL settings seem to be fully ignored.
Based on the doc this somehow should work: " 1. VE.Direct interfaceFully integrate with a GX device (such as a Cerbo GX) via VE.Direct interface, enabling system monitoring and control from a single device and connectivity to the VRM (Victron Remote Monitoring) portal for data logging and remote access to real time monitoring, as well as control of the charger." (3. Features)

Is there anything missing from my side?

Markus

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Unfortunately the Phoenix Smart Chargers are not compatible with DVCC, I also had to find that out the “hard way” (it didn’t respond to disconnecting the BMS)
https://www.victronenergy.com/media/pg/CCGX/en/dvcc---distributed-voltage-and-current-control.html

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Hi,

thats’s really odd ;-(
So which level of control is then possible via VE.Direct? I mean it’s explicitly written in the Charger manual that a GX device is able to control it. Monitoring seems to work - check, but control?